10-19-2009, 02:34 AM
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Re: Homemade transaxle?Kind of?
I will have to find it but there is a guy at Silver Lake with a Powerglide automatic and it bolts right to a late 80's (I think) corvette rear end with an adaptor. Makes for a stout rear end with no manual shifting. Its not real long either due to the short powerglide.
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10-19-2009, 07:39 AM
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Re: Homemade transaxle?Kind of?
A two speed though? Probably would be okay if you weren't doing much over 70, or didn't mind compromised acceleration, but I guess with enough power... be similar to a drag car.
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10-19-2009, 07:47 AM
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Re: Homemade transaxle?Kind of?
Being its a powerglide an hooks up to a chevy V8 a two speed is really all you would need.
Heck the one here at Silver Lake is connected in the front (With another adaptor) to a Ford 2.3 with a turbo and some Esslinger go fast stuff on it. But its a cool long travel custom job. (I did not have my camera that day or there would be pics) Its does very well. You seldom do over 70 off road with a typical play buggy. A powerglided dragger can get in the 130 MPH range and more. SO in a compromise you could have a V-8 fun engine you dd not push quite as hard as a true drag racer with auto shifting that would touch 90 IF you wished to. And still come out of the hole like a scalded pup.
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10-19-2009, 08:22 AM
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Re: Homemade transaxle?Kind of?
I guess a lot depends on the torque converter too.
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10-19-2009, 03:43 PM
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Re: Homemade transaxle?Kind of?
You can direct spline a Power Glide with a shortened shaft to a Ford 9" with off the shelf parts. My brother has narrowed several and I have looked at narrowing one so it was just the carrier and flanges to mount 930 CVs to.
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10-19-2009, 06:21 PM
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Re: Homemade transaxle?Kind of?
Live do you know where/what these parts are and can be gotten?
I would like to research and see if the newer Ford independant rears are even close to compatible. Thanx Bill
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10-20-2009, 03:29 PM
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Re: Homemade transaxle?Kind of?
I Googled a bit and found some parts listed here: WELCOME TO RACE TECH
They are listed as Strange. It looks like you have to buy a different coupler for the rear end based on the input splines. It would not surprise me if one of those spline counts matches up with a say 8.8 IRS pinion. |
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10-20-2009, 04:19 PM
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Thanx
When the weahter gets crappy again I will look into it. To nice out today to not be getting outside stuff done. White $hit$ coming.
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